yes, just make your links like this:
http://www.example.com/path/to/page.html?variable=value
replace variable with the name of a variable you want, and 'value'
with whatever value you want to pass.
then, in your page.html when you embed the flash movie, you can grab
the variable from the url string using javascript (or a server side
language) and pass it into the flash movie using flashvars.
if you use swfobject, it has a little utility that can grab vars from
the url and pass them into the movie, so your embed code would look
something like this:
<div id="flashcontent">
This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject("movie.swf", "mymovie", "200", "100", "7",
"#336699");
so.addVariable("variable1", "value1");
so.write("flashcontent");
</script>
more info on the script:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
On May 30, 2006, at 9:06 PM, watch dog barking wrote:
I'm not entirely sure if these are flash questions, but here goes...
I have a couple of question in regards to passing variables from a
link embedded in an email to a flash movie.
1. Is it possible to direct people to a specific frame of a flash
movie from an email (i.e. if its one swf, can you put them to
specific place on the time line).
2. Not knowing how the flash site is set up yet, is it possible to
direct them to a specific place in the timeline and then
dynamically load in another swf (let's say each page is its only
swf being loaded into a main movie on the 10th frame)
3. Is it possible to pass variables by clicking a link in an email
so that the system will know the people who come from the email
link are members (all people clicking from the email will likely be
members)
4. Do the above scenarios involve server side programming?
Essentially we would like user to click from an email to a certain
page on a flash site, where after a series of activities they would
get the opportunity to perform an activity available to members
only. If they come from the email link they will be members, but
if they have come from a different part of the site, we won't know
whether they are members or not. If they aren't, we would invite
them to register to become members. If they are, then they can
enter their email address and will be prompted for a password.
Of course, we will then need to determine what happens when the
email is forwarded, but that will be next for us to sort out.
Any information or suggestions would be appreciated.
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